Happy Friday! Let’s start things off by choosing the winner of the Omron GoSmart Pace/Distance Tracker Giveaway!

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11
Timestamp: 2010-07-16 13:36:40 UTC

The winner is….Mari! Congrats girl! Hope you enjoy your new pace/distance tracker!! Just in time for your birthday!!

Back to yesterday….

I was craving cereal in the morning so I stopped at the nearby deli for some breakfast ingredients.

I can’t be trusted with large boxes of cereal so the single serving Kashi bowls are perfect! I made a delicious yogurt mess!

The deli has a new kitten! So cute!

I’ve been bringing lunch every day this week. I made a turkey and cheese wrap with Food Should Taste Good chips and cucumbers on the side.

After work I had another intenSati class! The class was actually a special event hosted by Well+GoodNYC. Anyone who is a subscriber to their newsletter was invited to attend intenSati for free last night! It was perfect for me since I am not allowed to do the Warrior Challenge! The class was really fun and led by Natalia, my favorite teacher. She always has so much energy and keeps letting me on her guest list! Love her! The Well+Good girls gave away a Lululemon gift bag at the end but unfortunately I did not win. One of my blog readers was at the event too so she came up to me to introduce herself. That always makes me feel special! I think the Well+Good girls took a lot of pictures during the class so I will be sure to let you know when they are posted (unless they are extremely embarrassing)!

**Edited to add: Here is the link to the article! You can see me in the 2nd picture!

After class Mari and I walked over to Whole Foods for some dinner! I made an awesome salad!

It contained avocado kale salad, seaweed salad, broccoli, beets, peppers, eggplant, tofu, and more! We sat outside and people watched while eating.  We got some very weird looks while taking pictures of our food!

I probably should have went home and went to bed after that because I had another 6:30 am intenSati class planned! I got invited to the W Hotel so I ended up going out for some drinks instead! I had 3 Stellas by the end of the night. I totally planned on just having 2 drinks but the bartender brought me out a free one. No complaints here!

Next thing I know, it is 1:30 in the morning and everyone decided they wanted some pizza! I could not resist a slice when I saw this:

So good!! Probably not the best idea to eat that at 2:00 am when I had plans to wake up at 5:00 am for a workout! I obviously woke up feeling dehydrated and nauseous so I decided it would be smart to sleep for another 3 hours and skip intenSati for the morning! There is a free outdoor intenSati class at 5:30 tonight so maybe I will take that one instead! I definitely still want to work out at some point today after all the pizza and beer last night! I’m not sure what else is going on this weekend but I do have an 8-mile hike on Sunday! The best part is that there will be a wine tasting at the end of the hike! Talk about a motivator! Can’t wait!

1) What are you looking forward to this weekend?

2) What was your favorite workout this week?

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3. YouBar Fun and Pizza/Beer Night!

Happy July! I wanted to let you guys in on a little deal before I get started! A few of you have emailed me expressing interest in attending my school, Institute for Integrative Nutrition. They are holding an Independence Day special where if you enroll by Tuesday, July 5, you will receive a $300 tuition scholarship plus a “Let Freedom Ring” gift bag .

Here’s what’s in the “Let Freedom Ring” gift bag:

• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 50 Card Deck
• Achieve Everyday Journal
• EnviroSax MiniSax
• Goji Cranberry Cacao superfood bars by graduate Moria Felber
• How to Find the Work You Love book
• Strengths Finder book
• Write it Down Make it Happen book
• IIN logo goodies

Just call (877) 730-5444 to speak with an Admissions Advisor about enrolling. You don’t have to live in New York to attend because they have a distance learning program. Feel free to e-mail me with any questions about the school! Also, if you mention my name when enrolling, I will personally send you an extra $50.00 check! Let me know if you are interested

Yesterday’s Eats

I’ve been having the same breakfast every single morning this week: a Chocolate Banana Burger!

It doesn’t get much better than that! I finally ran out of the Nature’s Pride wheat buns so looks like I’ll have to move on! Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter is dangerous in my apartment anyway. I will explain later. The tub is almost gone just after 1 week. Oy.

I brought a lovely lunch to work! I made a salad with a Morningstar Farms Mushroom Lovers burger, avocado, hard boiled egg, and grilled mushrooms.

Delicious lunch! I also brought a snack to munch on for the side. The folks over at Smile.ly sent me Snikiddy Cheddar Cheese baked fries to try out.

About the fries:

• 50% less fat than regular potato chips
• Gluten and wheat free
• No preservatives
• No corn syrup
• No trans fats
• Low in saturated fats
• No hydrogenated oils

I liked that there were a ton of fries in the bag for just 130 calories. I don’t think I would buy them because the ingredient list is just way too long and they don’t really have any nutritional value. They were fun to munch on though! I guess they are a better option than french fries!

After work I went to the gym and did 30 minutes on the elliptical and some hand weights. I also walked outside for another half hour to pick up a package at my sister’s. I made up for not going to the gym in the morning!

I made another fun salad for dinner!

It contained salmon cake bites, edamame, mushrooms, avocado, and hard boiled eggs. I used my cool egg slicer that I got at the Eggland’s Best event!

So fun! It made slicing my eggs much easier. Daisy spotted the hummus on my plate.

One more…

I had an intense chocolate craving after dinner, like always. I searched my fridge and freezer and found a Chocolate Heart Thrive bar. I heated it up in the microwave for 30 seconds and then went a little dessert crazy….

Apparently just the bar itself was not enough. I wanted more chocolate for dipping! Then I saw a banana and decided that it would be fun to dip in the chocolate peanut butter. Then I saw whipped cream and decided to make it like a sundae! It was delicious! That was all fine until I went in the fridge again. I made myself another banana chocolate burger earlier in the evening to bring for breakfast today and just could not let it sit there. I ate half of that too. Blah. I guess I can’t make such a good breakfast that involves chocolate the night before because it is too tempting! Maybe it is just a bad time of month.  I don’t know. I didn’t let it get to me. Instead I just set my alarm for 5:45 am and hit up the gym this morning. I knocked out 45 minutes of cardio plus some arm weights. Good to go. I was just sad this morning when I only had half of a breakfast left! I ate it as my pre-gym snack. Perfect. I will try to be a better intuitive eater today. It was just one of those nights!

1) Do you struggle with intuitive eating? Can you stop when you are full even if you are craving something?

2) Are there any foods you crave after a meal? Chocolate and fruit for me!

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1. Veggie Burger Competition
2. Feel the Burn
3. Kale Salads and Yogurt Combos!

Hello! I have a few exciting things to talk about today.

1) Core Fusion!

Exhale Spa is currently on sale at Rue La La! That means Core Fusion classes are much cheaper than usual! You guys all know that I’ve been waiting for this for months since I can’t afford a normal membership. I am very excited to start going again! I was in some major Core Fusion withdrawal!  The sale goes on for 2 more days if you are interested! I plan on going a ton in August since I am starting a new challenge in July…

2) New intenSati Summer Warrior Challenge!

You may remember my January intenSati Challenge!I was required to take 3 intenSati classes per week. I also got a free month pass to Equinox gym! I loved the class and was sad when it was over! As soon as I heard about the July challenge, I applied and got accepted a few days later! This one is going to be a little more intense than the last one! I have to go to 4 intenSati classes per week and 2 of them have to be morning classes! The morning classes are at 6:30 am which means I will have to wake up at 5:00 in the morning! Luckily Mari also got accepted so she will be responsible for making sure I get my butt out of bed! Thank you Mari, lol. I get a month pass to Equinox again so I put my NYSC membership on hold for now. I can’t wait for all of the amazing classes at Equinox. I have to admit that I am extra excited for their fancy showers again! My first class is this Friday morning!

3) New Contest from Dove!

Dove gofresh just got better with a boost of NutriumMoisture™.  To celebrate, Dove has launched its “Better Than Ever Contest.”  The contest asks you to share what in your life is better than ever and submit a “before” photo and a “now” photo in one of the categories below, and then explain why your life is better than ever!

Categories:

Play: Have you gone from bunking up in hostels to staying in quality hotels? Have your vacations gone from spring break to lifetime adventures with family and friends? Tell us how you’ve enhanced your passions.

Love: Did you exchange a burn-out boyfriend for a loving man? College parties for dinner parties? Show us how your relationships have evolved.

Live: You used to microwave mac n’ cheese but now you cook meals made from scratch. You used to share an apartment but now you’re decorating your own pad. Show us how your living has gone from surviving to stylin’.

Style: Have you upgraded your hairstyle? Traded trucker hats for ballet flats? Show us how you’ve come into your own when it comes to style.
 
One Grand Prize winner will receive a spa and adventure getawayfor two to Sedona, Arizona, plus $1,000 to use towards making your or someone else’s life better (Think: charitable contributions, gifts, or anything that makes the world a better place!). Runner-Up prizes such as a Nintendo Wii™, Sony® BRAVIA® Theatre System, gift cards to Home Depot, Crate & Barrel and Sephora will also be given to four winners, one from each of the categories Love, Live, Play, and Style.

I thought you guys might be interested in this one! I would love a spa and adventure getaway!!! Good luck to those who enter!

4) Yesterday’s Eats!

I am still doing great with last week’s goals by making breakfast, lunch, and dinner at home. I even went to bed at 10:30 Sunday and Monday night! I am still tired every morning but feel a little better! Yesterday for breakfast I made PB & Co Dark Chocolate Dreams and a banana on a Nature’s Pride whole wheat bun.

Heaven! The buns are so big and fluffy! This breakfast kept me full for 4 hours which was nice too!

For lunch I made a wrap using my roasted veggies from Sunday night! I added Sabra Caramelized Onion hummus.

I packed some kale chips on the side using my cool EasyLunchBox! Great lunch!

I went to the gym after work and did 45 minutes on the elliptical. I also did 3 sets of biceps, shoulders, and back using a body bar. Oh, and I did a plank and some push ups. I always get proud of myself when I do this stuff on my own and not in a class!

I had a few roasted veggies left to use for dinner so I knew I was going to make a big salad. I found some salmon cakes in my freezer to top my salad with.

I made 5 salmon bites and added avocado, veggies, and hummus.

Delicious! I was not completely satisfied so I had a huge bowl of grapes for dessert! I added some chocolate brownie crumbles and whipped cream on top. That did the trick!

Well I am off. Gotta go buy my Core Fusion classes! Wahoo!

1) Are you taking on any new challenges in July?
2) What is your favorite “healthy” dessert?

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Hello! Hope everyone is having a nice day so far! I am going to share some photos from the weekend since the birthday celebrations continued!

Friday

I had plans to go to a bar called Maya with Dori, my friend Kaity, and a few others. After writing my end of the week reflections last Friday, I decided it would be a nice idea to walk to the bar. I looked it up and it said it was 3.2 miles and would take an hour and 15 minutes. I got out of work early and it was a beautiful day out so why not? For those of you who are familiar with New York, I walked from Chelsea to the Upper East Side. It took about an hour and definitely made me thirsty for a mango margarita!

Maya has great happy hour specials. The margaritas were half-priced and the appetizers were just $3.00. We ended up ordering some guacamole for the table. It was delicious!

I also split 2 appetizers with Kaity. They were tiny but delicious! No wonder they were just $3.00! We split the Huarache Vegetariano: huitlacoche, mushrooms, goat cheese, and salsa verde on crispy flatbread.

Yum! I love anything with mushrooms and goat cheese! We also split a chicken taco. I wasn’t as crazy about this.

I had about 4 margaritas by the time we were done!

Dori and I.

Kaity and I.

We went to one more bar afterwards. We were all starving by the end of the night since the appetizers were so small so we went to the diner. Dori and I split an omelet with mushrooms, avocado, and cheddar cheese.

My plate:

Very fun night! Love all that melted cheese. Yumm.

Saturday

I had my actual birthday party at a rooftop bar called Highbar. I stopped and grabbed something to eat before the party. I figured it was the smart thing to do before drinking all day! I got the West Coast Vegetarian wrap from Pax Foods.

It contained chick peas, sundried tomatoes, watercress, fresh alfalfa sprouts, avocado and goat cheese all inside a whole wheat wrap. Perfect!

I got to Highbar at 2:00pm since there was an open bar from 2:00 to 3:00! The bar was so nice! We had a view of the cruise ships!

I got the best margarita ever! It was a Watermelon Mint Margarita! I stuck with these most of the day. So refreshing!

The open bar was for Smirnoff Ice. I had one or two of them. I don’t think I’ve seen one of those since college!

We also got vodka infused watermelon!!

Best thing ever.

We drank for about 5 hours and eventually left so we could eat some dinner! We ended up at Vynl. We started with the Vegetable Dumplings.

Dori and I decided to get 2 entrees and split them because we could not decide!

We got the Grilled Vegetable Goat Cheese wrap.

We also got the Veggie Burger sandwich.

My plate! Sorry for the blur. Guess the alcohol was setting in! The fries were amazing of course! Aren’t they always after drinking?

Sunday

I had plans to go home to Philly for Father’s Day. Somehow I woke up earlier than necessary so I decided to attempt a run. My 5K is in 2 days so I wanted to see if I could run 3 miles. Did I make it? No. I blame it on drinking the day before for hours and the 90 degree weather. I also failed to bring water with me. I maybe ran 2 miles and had to stop and walk. I did the whole run/walk thing for 4 miles total. I think I’ll be fine on Thursday though. We’ll see! Eventually I took the train home and brought Daisy along to keep me company.

I layed out by our pool all day.

My dad kept handing me these! Maybe I should come home more often.

I’d say it was a fun filled weekend! Back to reality now. I have some fun events after work every night this week so stay tuned for some recaps! Have a good one!

One day left to enter my Culturelle T-Shirt Giveaway!

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Hello and happy Friday! It’s “Summer Friday” which means I get out 2 hours early! That just means I get to begin my happy hour 2 hours early! More on that later Let’s start things off with the winner of the Wanchai Ferry frozen entree coupon and 2 tea sets!

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5
Timestamp: 2010-06-18 13:50:54 UTC

5: Kelsey: “I would rather eat fresh food over frozen but in a pinch lean cuisine makes some good meals. I really like the Santa Fe-style Rice and beans with some fresh salsa! YUM!”

Congrats AGAIN Kelsey!! Kelsey is on a little winning streak because she won my Core Fusion Lean & Toned giveaway too! Enjoy

The Lite Choice Deals!

Before I get into some food highlights from the week, I wanted to share two exciting deals with you!

*Head over to Living Social Deals to get 8 cups or cones of soft serve for just $14.00! That is a $28.00 value. Of course I already bought mine

*On Father’s Day bring your dad to TLC and enjoy a free cup or cone!

Okay, now I am craving soft serve. Maybe later! So I realized most of my posts have been just dinner recaps so I thought I’d show some of my breakfast and lunches from the past week.

Egg whites with feta cheese and mushrooms on whole wheat bread

Pineapple cottage cheese with bananas and iced coffee

Westside Market salad with tuna, broccoli, feta cheese, avocado, black beans

Chelsea Market salad with carrots, peppers, chickpeas, cauliflower, tofu, guacamole

This wrap was a newbie for me! It contained organic tempeh bacon, avocado, lettuce, and organic vegan mayonaise. It was really good but I couldn’t find any avocado! It was mostly just tempeh bacon and lettuce. It wasn’t until halfway through the wrap that I found one slice of avocado!

Still very good though! I love vegan mayo!

Last but not least….

I had to throw that one in there!

End of the Week Reflections

I felt like I was not very healthy this week and exhausted every day. Overall it looks like I ate pretty well during the day but I also drank a million calories in alcohol every night! I only made it to the gym twice this week but can still go Saturday and Sunday hopefully! I also don’t like that I ate almost every meal out including breakfast! On a positive note, I had so much fun every single night socializing with friends. It’s been an awesome birthday and is still not over yet! Being social and having good relationships is definitely key in staying healthy. I have a few goals for next week:

1. Make it to the gym at least 4 times during the week.
2. Run a 5K. Yes, I have my first 5K next week! I did not really train for it but am pretty sure I can make it if I run really slow. I don’t care about my time but I just don’t want to stop and walk! Maybe I can squeeze one run in this weekend just to be sure.
3. Go to bed by 11:00 Monday through Thursday.  I basically lived on coffee this week since I went to bed at 12 or 1 every night! Not okay.
4. Bring breakfast and lunch to work 4 out of 5 days of the week. I spent way too much money this week just because I never made it to the supermarket at the beginning of the week to stock up on food.
5. Make dinner instead of going out to eat at least 3 nights next week. This one is hard because I don’t like to turn down happy hours but I need to save money. Eating at home is always healthier too.

That looks good for now! Next Friday I will look back at my goals and see how I did! Hopefully I will feel a little better! I am not setting any weekend goals right now because I already know what this weekend entails..lots of drinking! Tonight is half-priced margaritas and tomorrow is an afternoon open bar party on a rooftop! Wooh wooh!

1) What is one goal you have for next week?

2) What are you looking forward to this weekend?

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Happy Thursday! It is the last day of the work week for me!!! Remember the bachelorette party I went to in Puerto Rico a month ago? Saturday is the wedding! She is the first of my friends to get married so it is pretty exciting. Tomorrow is manicure/pedicure day and the wedding rehearsal. I will make sure to take lots of pictures of course! I also have some guest posts lined up so be sure to check back! Now for some eats from yesterday…

I couldn’t decide what to have for breakfast. I remembered that I had a bunch of coupons from Self Workout in the Park for $5.00 off a $10.00 purchase at Energy Kitchen! I did not want the coupons to go to waste so I decided to order breakfast and lunch. For breakfast I got egg whites with mushrooms and broccoli on a multigrain wrap.

They really do have the best breakfast ever.

Every month something new is on special there for lunch. Last month the burgers were $5.00. This month the wraps are $5.00. I went with the California Wrap. It has hummus, guacamole, roasted red peppers, and sprouts.

I didn’t love it the first time I tried it a few months ago because it seemed a little watery. This time the hummus was much creamier. The breakfast wrap was $4.99 and lunch was $5.00. I was one cent short from being able to use the coupon!! I’m sure they do that on purpose. I decided to get a bag of Soy Crisps to make it over $10.00.

Both wraps plus the chips ended up being $8.00 with the coupon. Not too bad. They gave me another coupon for $5.00 off a wrap too! Looks like I’ll be getting another free wrap this month.

A few hours later, I received this email:

They are giving out more free wraps tonight! So fun!

I went to the gym after work and did 45 minutes on the elliptical. I was craving a nice big salad after all of the wraps and chips so I stopped at Whole Foods for dinner.

I threw in a little bit of everything! The star of the salad was the yucca fries. They taste so much better than normal fries to me! I need to make them one day.

I got home and had an intense craving for some ice cream! I decided not to fight it and just stop at the store and get some. I found this little single serve container of Skinny Cow!

I am obsessed with Cookies ‘N Cream so this was perfect. It is just 150 calories for a nice size serving. Just don’t look at the ingredient list. Not good! I could have bought a normal size container of soy ice cream with better ingredients but I have no control and would have ate the whole thing. I need single serve containers when it comes to ice cream. I usually don’t keep it in the house at all. I just won’t be buying this very often in the future! At least Daisy enjoyed it It was delicious and the perfect treat. Well I am off! Don’t forget to enter to win SmartSole Exercise Insoles! I will be choosing the winner tomorrow!

1) Do you prefer single serving containers for control or bulk containers?
2) Are there any foods you have to keep out of the house?

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Hey everyone! I am going to make this post kind of snappy since I have a lot to do before Puerto Rico tomorrow!! Can’t wait for the beach!! First I must show you my roommate’s new puppy! He arrives today!

He is an 8-week old shihpoo (shih tzu and toy poodle mix). I think he’ll get along with Daisy because they look the same!! So cute!

Puppy For Sale!

This is his brother….he is for sale if anyone is interested!!

I don’t think we can handle 2 puppies and a kitty in our little apartment E-mail me for details if you would like this little pup! I will be posting a lot more pictures after they arrive!

Free Lunch Alert!

There is one day of the year many Americans dread, April 15, also known as Tax Day. In order to provide a bit of stress-relief on this taxing day, Energy Kitchen, a healthy, fast-casual restaurant offering low-fat menu of 500 calorie or less, will celebrate saving money & calories by offering free lunch to New Yorkers.

Purchase any beverage and receive a free meal at all Energy Kitchen locations from 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM on April 15. Customers will be able to choose from a Bison Cheesesteak Wrap, California Wrap or Chicken Burger for their complimentary meal. Energy Kitchen’s partners, glacéau vitaminwater zero®, Pirate’s Booty® and GETfit by FITTERWITH will have brand ambassadors present at each Energy Kitchen location offering beverages, free samples, raffle prizes and free fitness advice.

I’m sad I won’t be here for this! I took advantage last year and enjoyed a delicious wrap for free! Be sure to get there a bit early to beat the lines!

Coming Up…

• A review of the Magic Bullet from CSN Stores! I had the option to review speaker stands as well from another one of their sites (www.racksandstands.com). I went with the food item of course Can’t wait to make my own hummus!
• A Seventh Generation Cleaning Kit Giveaway!
• A Puerto Rico recap of course!
• A Yoplait Light Gift Pack Giveaway winner (April 20th)! You still have 6 days to enter!

I also have a bunch of awesome guest posts planned for each day I am gone so be sure to check back tomorrow! Be back Tuesday

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Hello again! In case you missed it, the winner of the EatSmart Digital Scale was announced here!

iChange

I wanted to start this post off by thanking everyone who joined in on my iChange 30-day challenge group.  We’ve got 31 members so far which is awesome! So far I am finding the website really simple and fun to use. I already got a little comment from the RD about not eating any fruit yesterday! Oops! Usually I eat fruit with breakfast and after lunch so this was a rare occasion! I am not used to tracking everything I eat with calorie counts so it will take some getting used to. I kind of cheated and estimated a lot of things yesterday  I do really love how easy it is to interact with other group members! There is still time to join if you are interested. Just head here: www.ichange.com/partners/missymaintains.

Subway Adventures

On a less positive note, I need to tell you my crazy subway ride today! The morning started off really well. I was up bright and early (5:30 am) for Core Fusion! I went last night too so I was impressed that I was able to wake up again today. Last night was tough since I hadn’t been there in over a week but today was much better. I loved the teacher and felt like I got a great workout in. Despite the awful weather, I was in a good mood after such a nice class….until the subway!

I was standing there holding my purse, gym bag, and iPod while listening to my Paul Van Dyke house music.  This ghetto woman gets on and pushes me to get by me. The train is very crowded by the way. She says with an attitude, “EXCUSE YOUR BAG!” 

I say, “What am I supposed to do with it??”

She says,”I said excuse your bag, you fuc**n illiterate bitch!”

I ignore her and she continues to curse me out and call me illiterate. First of all….who the hell says excuse your bag? Why would you not say, “Excuse me!” Any respectful person would say that after bumping into another person. Second, how am I illiterate for asking what I should do with my bag? I guess she does not know what illiterate really means. Next time I’ll be sure to make a special pathway for her so she can enter the train without touching anyone. I had so much I wanted to say back but I figured I should avoid fist fights first thing on a Friday morning. Love it. Okay, that was my rant for the day.

Yummy Food!

I’ve been lazy about taking pictures of every meal so I will just show you some favorites from the past few days!

Lunch on Wednesday:

Pesto tofu and chickpea salad from Westside Market. They have tons of little containers of prepared food that always looks so good! This was delicious! I am a huge pesto fan all of the sudden!

Lunch on Monday and Thursday

There is a fruit and vegetable store in Chelsea Market that I go to a lot. You can basically fill your salad with everything possible and it will never cost more than $5 or $6 bucks! I got everything from beets to guacamole to tofu to chickpeas, etc. It was very pretty and fun!

Dinner on Wednesday and Thursday

Turkey and American on an Ezekiel wrap with hummus. I also had Kettle Cooked chips and cucumbers on the side for dipping into more hummus! This is always a fun and easy lunch or dinner for me. I’ve been slacking with my cooking. Maybe next week!

Lunch for Today!

Wild Alaskan Salmon with hummus and lettuce on an Ezekiel wrap. I did not eat it yet but this is what it looks like! I also made sure to bring an apple after no fruit yesterday!

I am excited for the weekend because I have Dori’s birthday tonight! We are also celebrating her first half marathon!! Many lychee martinis will be involved Tomorrow and Sunday is weekend 3 of school! Can’t wait!

1) Do you have any crazy subway, train, airplane, etc. stories?

2) Do you count calories?

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Happy Friday! I’ve been sick all week so I am looking forward to the weekend. Actually I won’t have much of a weekend since I have school both days from 9 to 4 but oh well! I don’t have a fever anymore today but just can’t breathe or talk! It’s killing me that I haven’t worked out all week but I know I needed the rest. I am hoping for some Core Fusion tonight and one day after school? We’ll see!

I will do a little recap of some of my eats over the past couple of days. I’ll just show you my favorites to prevent this from becoming a novel!

I got my favorite breakfast wrap from Energy Kitchen Tuesday morning after yoga!

5 egg whites on a whole wheat wrap with mushrooms and broccoli. The breakfast wraps are only $3.00 there! Love it! Every other day this week I had oatmeal since it is always the best breakfast when sick.

Lunch on Monday was a spicy salmon roll and salmon sashimi. Excuse my horrible picture taking skills.

Lunch on Tuesday was organic frozen vegetables with hummus and lettuce on an Eziekal wrap! Thanks Dori for the new lunch obsession.

I had some Pirate’s Booty on the side.

I was feeling my worst on Wednesday and just wanted to lay in bed with chicken noodle soup. I couldn’t lay in bed since I was at work but I was able to get my hands on some soup!

I got the Chicken Vegetable Couscous soup from Hale and Hearty. Just what I needed!

Lunch yesterday was a falafel wrap! I saw these at the grocery store the night before and had to get them!

I liked that 4 balls was just 180 calories with 6 grams of fiber and 5 grams of protein.

The balls were a nice size too! I had 4 on a wrap with hummus, sprouts, and lettuce.

I just heated the wrap up in the microwave for 40 seconds before I was about to eat it. It was delicious!

As for dinner, you already probably know that I had homeade pizza 2 nights of the week! Last night I made a delicious Mexican salad! I almost went to 5 Burro Cafe for Mexican and found out an hour later that I would have ran into Mari! I decided at the last minute to just make my own Mexican instead. Margaritas probably would not be smart when trying to get over being sick. I also made dinner every night this week so I wanted to be good and keep saving money! Maybe next time Mari!

My salad contained steamed broccoli, mushrooms, corn, red peppers, and Lightlife Smart Ground Crumbles. Yum! Maybe not quite as good as 5 Burro but probably much healthier!

One more picture….of Daisy of course!

She is such a cuddly stuffed animal. She really does not leave my side when I get home. One more week of her cone head!

I am off to go do some homework! Have a great weekend!

1) What are you looking forward to this weekend?

2) What is your favorite thing to eat when sick?

Don’t forget to enter my Safeway Gift Card Giveaway!

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Morning! It is time for a little food recap since I haven’t done one yet this week! I have a few reviews to do as well. Let’s start with my breakfasts for the week!

Breakfast!

A few days ago I received a cool water bottle and bag of Pomegranate Power from Navitas Naturals.

About the Pomegranate Power:

I also added some Oikos and FitNutz Peanut Butter. This was a great combination. The pomegranate added a nice tangy, fruity flavor to the oats. I am using my water bottle at the moment too!

Yesterday I had some extra time to get to work after Core Fusion Yoga so I decided to stop at this new deli and get an egg sandwich.

I got egg whites, spinach, and feta on whole wheat bread. Really good! They were pretty generous with their eggs! I will be stopping there more often.

Today I decided to try adding cottage cheese to my oats (hi Julie!) Julie and I tweeted about how I must try it with lots and lots of cinnamon and Stevia for my first time!

I tried cottage cheese once last year and wasn’t crazy about it but now I am giving it another shot. It always looks so delicious on the blogs! I actually really enjoyed it in my oats today! It made them nice and fluffy. I will be trying it more ways this week!

Lunch!

Dori told me that she’s been bringing hummus and frozen veggie wraps lately so I decided to try one out for myself! I actually haven’t bought frozen veggies since I got my steamer but they really are much easier to make. They don’t taste as good but are handy for when I don’t have 10 minutes to sit there and steam a bunch of veggies.

I added Sabra hummus, sprouts, and an asparagus, squash, mushroom, cauliflower mix to an Ezekiel wrap.

I also had some Mary’s Gone Twigs on the side. I loved the wrap! I actually brought the same lunch every single day this week Nice change to my turkey sandwiches.

Dinner!

Dinner on Monday did not occur till 10:00 at night since I was at Core Fusion Cardio all late! I wanted something fast and found this in my cabinet!

All I had to do was stick the packet in the microwave for 2 minutes. I also made some edamame and salad.

I had about half the packet of rice and a lot of edamame (more than above). The rice was just okay. It was kind of mushy. There was a second option of cooking it with water which I think I would do next time to make it more moist. The edamame was great of course! I just boiled it and added a little salt.

Last night I got home from work and my heat was broken. It was 66 degrees in my apartment so I knew what I was having for dinner!

The nutritional stats are a lot better than some other soups I’ve tried in the past.

Nutritional Facts
Serving Size: 1 cup
Servings Per Container: 2
Serving Weight: 245 g
Calories: 100 Calories from Fat:20
% Daily Value
Total Fat: 2.5g		4%
	Saturated Fat: 0g	0%
	Trans Fat: 0g
Cholesterol: 0mg		0%
Sodium: 290mg		12%
Carbohydrates: 20g		7%
	Fiber: 2g	6%
	Sugars: 4g
Protein: 2g		%
Organic: 100%
Vitamin A: 50% • Vitamin C: 10%
Calcium: 4% • Iron: 6%

I had the whole can so it was 200 calories and 580 mg of sodium. Most soups are over 1000 mg of sodium for the whole can so I was happy with this. I added some frozen vegetables to make it more interesting.

It was delicious! It was very smooth and creamy and did not taste salty at all. I munched on some Dr. Kracker Apple Crisps as well. Definitely my favorite flavor.

That’s it for food! I have a fun giveaway starting tomorrow so stay tuned! Be sure to check out Mari’s popchips giveaway! I will leave you with a few questions:

1) What is your favorite way to prepare veggies (steamed, roasted, frozen in the microwave??)

2) What is your favorite way to eat cottage cheese?

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